Neenah, Wis. (Oct. 3, 2022) – SECURA Insurance promoted Kevin Klestinski to Chief Underwriting Officer effective Oct. 3, 2022.
“Kevin has shown his innovative mindset both with products and with processes by consistently broadening SECURA’s specialty appetite, implementing systems and functionality to help our underwriters more efficiently serve our customers, and profitably growing our specialty book of business over the last seven years,” said Garth Wicinsky, SECURA’s President & CEO. “An internal promotion to this role speaks to the bench strength of our associates, and I’m excited for the leadership, enthusiasm, and strategic thinking Kevin will bring as he serves our independent agent partners and leads our underwriting units.”
Klestinski joined SECURA in 2015 as Vice President – Specialty Lines Underwriting where he was responsible for the profitability of the carrier’s Specialty Lines property and casualty insurance products.
Prior to this, Klestinski worked as Vice President of Property and Casualty Underwriting at CapSpecialty Insurance where he led both their Admitted and E&S divisions, and he also held various commercial underwriting roles at Acuity Insurance. Klestinski holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., and has the CPCU, CIC, CPIA, ASLI, AU, and AIS designations.
“I am extremely humbled by the opportunity to lead the Underwriting unit at SECURA,” said Klestinski. “I’m excited to work even closer with our great agency partners, along with our underwriting teams, to help meet the needs of our policyholders.”